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Avon Select Board
How the Avon Select Board voted, from the Select Board’s official minutes. 3 Select Board members elected townwide for three-year terms. After the April 2022 town election the board reappointed Steven Rose as Chairman and Eric Beckerman as Clerk on April 21, 2022. On July 7, 2022 Mr. Rose stepped down as Chairman; the board chose Eric Beckerman as Chairman and Jason Suzor as Clerk, and Mr. Rose became the Associate. Mr. Rose retired from the board on September 16, 2022 (his last meeting was September 15). Shannon M. Coffey won the December 10, 2022 special election for the rest of his term (to April 2025); her first meeting was December 15, 2022. From September 16 to December 10, 2022 the board had two members. Covers 33 meetings, April 21 to May 2, 2023.
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What does the Select Board do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Select Board, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetBoard years
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Members
Shannon CoffeyAssociate · Elected townwide · at 11 of 12 meetings · from Dec 2022Steven RoseAssociate · Elected townwide · at 13 of 15 meetings · until Sep 2022Jason SuzorClerk · Elected townwide · at 32 of 33 meetings"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Avon Select Board (called the Board of Selectmen until late 2023) minutes from January 6, 2018 through September 17, 2026. Minutes from 2025 on come from the town’s Agenda Center; minutes from 2018 to 2024 come from the town’s Document Center (Minutes, Select Board folder), where the town posted its older files. Some meetings from 2018 to 2025 have an agenda but no minutes online, and a few files are filed under the wrong date; we load each file under the meeting it really records and list the gaps for the town. Meetings after September 17, 2026 are not posted yet. Nearly every minutes file is a scanned image, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked by hand. Avon’s minutes name who made and seconded each motion, but most of them then say only “The motion carried” or “The motion passed,” without a count or names. For those votes we show the result only, without guessing how each member voted, even though the board has only three members. When the minutes say the vote was unanimous or that all were in favor, every member present is shown voting yes, and when the minutes record a roll call (usually for executive sessions, adjourning and remote meetings), each member’s vote is shown by name. Votes taken by other boards at joint meetings (for example the Finance Committee) are left out. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote. The Select Board office answered MassVoter’s questions about the minutes on October 7 and 8, 2026; each vote changed by those answers says so in its note.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
Mar 2Approve the request of Jason Suzor to display up…Motion: Ms. Coffey made a motion to approve the request of Jason…Passed · see note
March 2, 2023: Approve the request of Jason Suzor to display up to 50 political signs throughout private residences for his bid for Selectman no earlier than 30 days prior to the Annual…
Ms. Coffey made a motion to approve the request of Jason Suzor to display up to 50 political signs throughout private residences for his bid for Selectman no earlier than 30 days prior to the Annual Town Election with the understanding the signs would be taken down within 10 days after the election. Chairman Beckerman seconded the motion. Mr. Suzor abstained from the vote. The motion passed.
The minutes say Jason Suzor abstained, but they give no count and do not record how the other members voted, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Ms. Coffey made a motion to approve the request of Jason Suzor to display up to 50 political signs throughout private residences for his bid for Selectman no earlier than 30 days prior to the Annual Town Election with the understanding the signs would be taken down within 10 days after the election. Chairman Beckerman seconded the motion. Mr. Suzor abstained from the vote. The motion passed..” (Motion: Coffey, second: Beckerman)
Mar 2Appoint Julie Tallent to the Board of RegistrarsMotion: Mr. Suzor made a motion to appoint Julie Tallent to the…Passed · see note
March 2, 2023: Appoint Julie Tallent to the Board of Registrars
Mr. Suzor made a motion to appoint Julie Tallent to the Board of Registrars. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. Chairman Beckerman abstained from the vote. The motion carried.
The minutes say Eric Beckerman abstained, but they give no count and do not record how the other members voted, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Suzor made a motion to appoint Julie Tallent to the Board of Registrars. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. Chairman Beckerman abstained from the vote. The motion carried..” (Motion: Suzor, second: Coffey)
Jan 26Regional Research Group contract for assessment services (the start…Motion: the Regional Research Group Contract for Assessment Services. Ms. Coffey seconded…Passed · see note
January 26, 2023: Regional Research Group contract for assessment services (the start of this motion is missing from the posted file)
The Regional Research Group Contract for Assessment Services. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. The motion passed.
The posted file jumps from page 1 to the end of this motion; the page with the start of the motion (and who made it) is not in the file.
From the minutes
“the Regional Research Group Contract for Assessment Services. Ms. Coffey seconded the motion. The motion passed..” (second: Coffey)
Sep 15Approve the request of the Committee to Re-Elect Michael…Motion: Mr. Rose approved the request of Lori Prew from the Committee…Passed · see note
September 15, 2022: Approve the request of the Committee to Re-Elect Michael D. Brady to display 50 political campaign signs on private properties
Mr. Rose approved the request of Lori Prew from the Committee to Re-Elect Michael D. Brady to display 50 political campaign signs on private properties throughout the Town for the November State Election. Mr. Suzor seconded the motion. The motion carried.
The minutes word the motion as “Mr. Rose approved the request”; Mr. Suzor seconded it.
From the minutes
“Mr. Rose approved the request of Lori Prew from the Committee to Re-Elect Michael D. Brady to display 50 political campaign signs on private properties throughout the Town for the November State Election. Mr. Suzor seconded the motion. The motion carried..” (Motion: Rose, second: Suzor)
Jul 21Approve the carryover requests of Special Projects Manager Sheri…Motion: Mr. Suzor made a motion to approve the carryover requests of…Failed · see note
July 21, 2022: Approve the carryover requests of Special Projects Manager Sheri Carney for 5 vacation days to be carried over into Fiscal Year 2023 and Dispatcher Linda Farley to carry over 3.5…
Mr. Suzor made a motion to approve the carryover requests of Special Projects Manager Sheri Carney for 5 vacation days to be carried over into Fiscal Year 2023 and Dispatcher Linda Farley to carry over 3.5 vacation days. Mr. Rose opposed the motion. Mr. Rose stated that these written requests do not appear to be approved by Chief Bukunt as he is not included in the correspondence. Mr. Rose stated that all ; vacation carryover requests should be approved and verified by the Department Head before the Board approves. The motion did not pass.
The minutes say Steven Rose opposed the motion, but they give no count and do not record how the other members voted, so only the result is shown.
From the minutes
“Mr. Suzor made a motion to approve the carryover requests of Special Projects Manager Sheri Carney for 5 vacation days to be carried over into Fiscal Year 2023 and Dispatcher Linda Farley to carry over 3.5 vacation days. Mr. Rose opposed the motion. Mr. Rose stated that these written requests do not appear to be approved by Chief Bukunt as he is not included in the correspondence. Mr. Rose stated that all ; vacation carryover requests should be approved and verified by the Department Head before the Board approves. The motion did not pass..” (Motion: Suzor)
From the Avon Select Board’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center (2025 on) and Document Center (2018–2024). We check every vote against the Select Board members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials.
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